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Armor is a type of [[Gear|gear]] that offers superior protection to [[Clothing|clothing]], and can be worn over clothing. Armor tends to carry heavier movement speed penalties than clothing, though. Default colonist move speed is 4.61 cells per second (c/s).
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'''Armor''' is a type of [[gear]] that offers superior protection to [[clothing]], and can be worn over it. Armor tends to carry heavier movement speed penalties than clothing, and usually do not provide good insulation against heat or cold. Default colonist move speed is 4.60 cells per second (c/s).
  
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If left exposed with no roof, armor will [[Deterioration|deteriorate]] until it disintegrates.
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If left exposed with no roof, armor will [[Deterioration|deteriorate]] until it disintegrates. Like clothing, armor also slowly degrades while worn on colonists or when the wearer gets hit.
  
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A colonist wearing any apparel with health between 21% and 50% will get the 'Wearing worn-out apparel' thought, and armor is no exception to this. A colonist wearing any apparel with health 20% or below will get the 'Wearing tattered apparel' thought, replacing the 'worn-out apparel' thought. These thoughts do not stack.
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A colonist wearing any apparel with health between 21% and 50% will get the 'Wearing ratty apparel' [[thought]], and armor is no exception. A colonist wearing any apparel with health 20% or below will get the 'Wearing tattered apparel' thought, replacing the 'worn-out apparel' thought. These thoughts do not stack.
  
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Aside from the percent decreases to certain kinds of damage that armor confers, a colonist wearing armor has a passive chance of outright avoiding all damage from some attacks, as the reinforced plates can sometimes utterly deflect a bullet. This will be represented by a "chunk" sound and a spark, akin to a colonist with the mining job striking a rock wall. The chance of this happening depends on the armor rating of each piece of armor.
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Colonists wearing armor have a chance of outright avoiding all damage from an attack, as the reinforced plates can sometimes utterly deflect a bullet or a melee strike. This will be represented by a "tink" sound and a spark. They may also receive a mitigated blow, for only half of the damage.
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In addition, armored enemies (such as [[Mechanoid|Mechanoids]], especially Centipedes) have this same chance of simply ignoring damage, so it is advised to bring your heaviest weapons to bear against these deadly foes.
 
  
 
The Overview screen has an [[Overview#Outfits|Outfits]] tab that manages apparel profiles. The Outfits system provides a way to exclude colonists from wearing damaged apparel that causes mood debuffs.<noinclude>
 
The Overview screen has an [[Overview#Outfits|Outfits]] tab that manages apparel profiles. The Outfits system provides a way to exclude colonists from wearing damaged apparel that causes mood debuffs.<noinclude>
  
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{{asof|A15}} the Gear tab shows aggregate stats about armor.
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The Gear tab shows aggregate stats about armor once worn, including total protection and mass. It does not properly show armor rating above 100%, despite their existence.
  
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== Armor Stats ==
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== Armor rating ==
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There are 4 types of armor ratings.
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There are several types of armor ratings;
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{| style="wikitable"
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{| {{STDT| c_08 text-center}}
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! Name !! Label !! Description
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| style="width: 8em;" | Armor - Blunt || protects against blunt trauma such those from blunt melee weapons or explosions.
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|- style="text-align:left;"
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! [[Injury#Blunt|Blunt]]
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| Armor - Electric || protects against EMP damage. As of Alpha 16 this is obsolete as EMP weapons don't deal physical damage.
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| Armor - Blunt || Protection against blunt damage like club attacks, rock falls, and explosions.
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|- style="text-align:left;"
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| Armor - Heat || protects against temperature-related damage, mostly burns. Good against incendiary weapons.
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! [[Injury#Piercing|Piercing]]
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| Armor - Piercing || Protection against piercing damage like bullets, knife stabs, and animal bites.
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| Armor - Sharp || protects against sharp damage. This covers a wide variety of damage, from sharp melee weapons, to gunshots, to animal bites.
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|- style="text-align:left;"
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! [[Injury#Heat|Heat]]
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| Armor - Heat || Protection against temperature-related damage like burns.
 
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Each point of armor from 1 - 50% reduces damage by 1%. <br>
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Each point of armor gives a chance to harmlessly deflect damage, and another separate chance to mitigate it, instead receiving half the damage as blunt damage. This is calculated as follows:
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Each point of armor between 51 - 100% provides a 1% chance to not take damage. <br>
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#The armor rating is reduced by the armor penetration value, dependent on the weapon.
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Each point of armor beyond 100% reduces damage by 0.25% and gives a 0.25% chance to not take damage.<br>
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#The remaining armor rating is then compared against a random number from 0 to 100:
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#*If the random number is under half the armor rating, the damage deflects harmlessly.
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#*If the random number is over half the armor rating, but not higher than the armor rating, the damage is mitigated.
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#*If the random number is greater than the armor rating, the armor has no effect.
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*Maximum armor rating is at 200%.
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Armor is calculated per piece of apparel, from the outside in. Armor mitigation does stack multiplicatively, e.g. 2 pieces of clothing or armor will mitigate damage twice for 25% damage.
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Each effective armor point below 100% results in a net 0.75% reduction in damage, while each point above results in a 0.25% reduction. This means that at 200% effective armor rating, colonists will be completely immune to damage; this currently works only on heat damage which lacks armor penetration, if modded armor is worn.
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Note that armor does not stop weapons with sufficient stopping power from staggering colonists, even if the damage is deflected.
  
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Armor is calculated separately for each piece of armor/ apparel worn.
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In Beta 18 or earlier:
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*Each point of armor from 1 - 50% reduces damage by 1%.
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*Each point of armor between 51 - 100% provides a 1% chance to not take damage.
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*Each point of armor beyond 100% reduces damage by 0.25% and gives a 0.25% chance to not take damage.
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*Total protection is capped at 90% damage reduction and 90% deflect chance (i.e. 260% armor rating).
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== Durability ==
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Apparel, including armor, take damage when it gets hit and blocks damage for the wearer. It takes a constant fraction of incoming damage instead of absorbing all prevented damage, so high-quality armor lasts about the same time as low-quality armor.
  
 
== Clothing Layers ==
 
== Clothing Layers ==
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== Middle Layer ==
 
== Middle Layer ==
  
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{{main|Armor vest}}
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{{main|Flak vest}}
  
 
{{Item
 
{{Item
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| name        = Armor Vest
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| name        = Flak vest
 
| image        = ArmorVest.png
 
| image        = ArmorVest.png
 
| description  = A vest with armor plates inserted on the chest and back. Protects against gunfire.
 
| description  = A vest with armor plates inserted on the chest and back. Protects against gunfire.
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| note        = A basic plate, strapped to a [[colonist]]'s or [[raider]]'s chest to protect their torso from gunshots and some other injuries. (Main article: [[Armor Vest]])
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| note        = A basic plate, strapped to a [[colonist]]'s or [[raider]]'s chest to protect their torso from gunshots and some other injuries.
 
| tags        =
 
| tags        =
 
{{Tag/Worth (old)  | 600 }}<!-- MaxHitPoints = 200 -->
 
{{Tag/Worth (old)  | 600 }}<!-- MaxHitPoints = 200 -->
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{{Tag/Protect+ | Torso | blunt = 20 | sharp = 60 }}
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{{Tag/Protect+ | Torso | blunt = 36 | sharp = 100 |heat=27 }}
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{{Tag/MoveSpd- | 0.08 c/s }}
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{{Tag/MoveSpd- | 0.12 c/s }}
 
}}
 
}}
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== Middle and On skin layer ==
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{{Item
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| name        = Flak pants
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| image        = ArmorPants.png
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| description  = A pair of pants with armor plates sewn in. While it's not as good as solid armor, it offers effective protection against all manner of attacks while remaining quite comfortable.
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| note        = A pair of pants with armor plates sewn in.
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| tags        =
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{{Tag/Worth (old)  | 600 }}<!-- MaxHitPoints = 200 -->
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{{Tag/Protect+ | Legs | blunt = 8 | sharp = 40 |heat=10 }}
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{{Tag/MoveSpd- | 0.12 c/s }}
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}}
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== Middle and Shell Layers ==
 
== Middle and Shell Layers ==
  
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{{main|Power armor}}
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{{main|Plate armor}}
  
 
{{Item
 
{{Item
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| name        = Power Armor
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| name        = Plate armor
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| image        = Plate_armor.png
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| description  = Overlapping solid plates of armor covering the entire body from neck to feet.
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| note        = Heavy armor. Not advised for 24/7 wearing on [[colonist]]s due to the movement speed penalty.
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| tags        =
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{{Tag/Worth (old)  | 535}}
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{{Tag/Protect+ | Torso, Arms and Legs | blunt = material * quality * 73 | sharp = material * quality * 73 | heat = material * quality * 73 }}
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{{Tag/MoveSpd- | 0.80 c/s }}
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}}
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{{main|Marine armor}}
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{{Item
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| name        = Marine armor
 
| image        = PoweredArmor.png
 
| image        = PoweredArmor.png
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| description  = Powered armor usually used by assault troops from advanced glitterworld planets.
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| description  = A suit of light powered armor. Layered plasteel-weave plates are very effective at stopping attacks, with few vulnerable joint sections. Neuro-memetic assistors allow a human to wear the armor and still move easily. <br> Armor like this is often used by imperial janissaries and rapid-incursion space marines.
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| note        = Durable but heavy armor. Not advised for 24/7 wearing on [[colonist]]s due to the movement speed and work penalties, unless they have to wear [[Clothing#Parka|parkas]] anyway. (Main article: [[Power armor]])
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| note        = Durable but heavy armor. Not advised for 24/7 wearing on [[colonist]]s due to the movement speed penalty.
 
| tags        =
 
| tags        =
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{{Tag/Worth (old)  | 4,500 }}<!-- MaxHitPoints = 400 -->
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{{Tag/Worth (old)  | 4,500 }}<!-- MaxHitPoints = 340 -->
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{{Tag/Protect+ | Torso, Arms and Legs | blunt = 35 | sharp = 65 | heat = 30 }}
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{{Tag/Protect+ | Torso, Neck, Arms and Legs | blunt = 45 | sharp = 108 | heat = 54 }}
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{{Tag/TempMin- | 45 }}
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{{Tag/TempMin- | 34 }}
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{{Tag/MoveSpd- | 0.1 c/s }}
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{{Tag/TempMax+ | 10 }}
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{{Tag/WorkSpd- | 10% }}
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{{Tag/MoveSpd- | 0.40 c/s }}
 
}}
 
}}
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== Over Head Layer ==
 
== Over Head Layer ==
  
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{{Item
 
{{Item
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| name        = Simple Helmet
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| name        = Simple helmet
 
| image        = M1Helmet.png
 
| image        = M1Helmet.png
 
| description  = A simple helmet which gives moderate protection against sharp attacks. Not effective against blunt attacks.
 
| description  = A simple helmet which gives moderate protection against sharp attacks. Not effective against blunt attacks.
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| tags        =
 
| tags        =
 
{{Tag/Worth (old) | 40 }}<!-- MaxHitPoints = 100 -->
 
{{Tag/Worth (old) | 40 }}<!-- MaxHitPoints = 100 -->
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{{Tag/Protect+ | Upper Head | blunt = 10 | sharp = 25 }}
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{{Tag/Protect+ | Upper Head | blunt = material * quality * 50 | sharp = material * quality * 50 | heat = material * quality * 50 }}
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{{Tag/MoveSpd- | 0.04 c/s }}
 
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{{Tag/PsySens- | 10% }}
 
 
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}}
  
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{{main|Kevlar helmet}}
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{{main|Advanced helmet}}
  
 
{{Item
 
{{Item
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| name        = Advanced Helmet
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| name        = Advanced helmet
 
| image        = KevlarHelmet.png
 
| image        = KevlarHelmet.png
 
| description  = A lightweight combat helmet with a complex design, reinforced with plasteel. Not effective against blunt attacks.
 
| description  = A lightweight combat helmet with a complex design, reinforced with plasteel. Not effective against blunt attacks.
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| tags        =
 
| tags        =
 
{{Tag/Worth (old)    | 300 }}<!-- MaxHitPoints = 120 -->
 
{{Tag/Worth (old)    | 300 }}<!-- MaxHitPoints = 120 -->
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{{Tag/Protect+ | Upper Head | blunt = 10 | sharp = 35 }}
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{{Tag/Protect+ | Upper Head | blunt = material * quality * 70 | sharp = material * quality * 70 | heat = material * quality * 70 }}
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{{Tag/MoveSpd- | 0.02 c/s }}
 
 
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{{Item
 
{{Item
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| name        = Power Armor Helmet
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| name        = Power armor helmet
 
| image        = PoweredArmorHelmet.png
 
| image        = PoweredArmorHelmet.png
 
| description  = A part of a [[#Power Armor|power armor]] set, mostly used by heavy infantry.
 
| description  = A part of a [[#Power Armor|power armor]] set, mostly used by heavy infantry.
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| note        = Advanced, but uncomfortable. It is currently the only helmet that covers the entire face. (Main article: [[Power armor helmet]])
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| note        = Advanced, but uncomfortable. It is currently the only helmet that covers the entire face.  
 
| tags        =
 
| tags        =
 
{{Tag/Worth (old)    | 2,000 }}<!-- MaxHitPoints = 180 -->
 
{{Tag/Worth (old)    | 2,000 }}<!-- MaxHitPoints = 180 -->
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{{Tag/Protect+ | Full Head | blunt = 35 | sharp = 60 | heat = 50 }}
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{{Tag/Protect+ | Full Head | blunt = 36 | sharp = 100 | heat = 90 }}
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{{Tag/TempMin- | 3 }}
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{{Tag/TempMin- | 4 }}
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{{Tag/TempMax+ | 3 }}
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{{Tag/TempMax+ | 2 }}
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{{Tag/MoveSpd- | 0.04 c/s }}
 
 
}}
 
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{{Item
 
{{Item
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| name        = Psychic Foil Helmet
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| name        = Psychic foil helmet
 
| image        = psychicfoilhelmet.png
 
| image        = psychicfoilhelmet.png
 
| description  = A thin helmet containing finely-tuned sheets of psychically-absorptive foil. Reduces the impact of psychic events.
 
| description  = A thin helmet containing finely-tuned sheets of psychically-absorptive foil. Reduces the impact of psychic events.
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| tags        =
 
| tags        =
 
{{Tag/Worth (old) | 350 }}<!-- MaxHitPoints = 90 -->
 
{{Tag/Worth (old) | 350 }}<!-- MaxHitPoints = 90 -->
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{{Tag/Protect+ | Upper Head | blunt = 5 | sharp = 5 }}
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{{Tag/Protect+ | Upper Head | blunt = quality * 9 | sharp = quality * 9 | heat = quality * 27 }}
 
{{Tag/PsySens- | 90% }}
 
{{Tag/PsySens- | 90% }}
 
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== Accessory Layer ==
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== Waist Layer ==
  
 
{{main|Shield belt}}
 
{{main|Shield belt}}
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{{Item
 
{{Item
 
| name        = Shield belt
 
| name        = Shield belt
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| image        = PersonalShield.png
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| image        = ShieldBelt.png
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| description  = A single-person energy shield device. It will attempt to stop any rapidly-moving projectile or energy attack that comes from a distance. It does nothing against melee attacks or shots from point-blank range. Additionally, it prevents the wearer from firing outside their own shield, as well (you will be notified via in-game message if you have any shooters wearing personal shields).
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| description  = A single-person energy shield device. It will attempt to stop any rapidly-moving projectile or energy attack that comes from a distance. It does nothing against melee attacks or shots from point-blank range. Additionally, it prevents the wearer from firing outside their own shield, as well (you will be notified via in-game message if you have any shooters wearing shield belts).
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| note        = A shield belt is most effective for melee combatants to allow them to close ground on a ranged attacker with no or little risk of taking weapons fire. Note also that as of version 11c, the shields block attacks from [[deadfall trap|Deadfall traps]] as if they were ranged attacks.  
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| note        = A shield belt is most effective for melee combatants to allow them to close ground on a ranged attacker with little risk of taking weapons fire. Shields block attacks from [[Spike trap]]s as if they were ranged attacks.
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| tags        =
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{{Tag/Worth (old)  | 390 }}<!-- MaxHitPoints = 100 -->
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{{main|Smokepop belt}}
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{{Item
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| name        = Smokepop belt
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| image        = SmokepopBelt.png
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| description  = An automatic defensive smokescreen. It will release a thick cloud of smoke if the wearer is hit by a projectile, providing line-of-sight cover and preventing turrets from locking on. Single-use.
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| note        = Once hit, releases a cloud which reduces the hit chance of any projectile passing through it by 70%. Affects friend and foe. Does not affect melee.
 
| tags        =
 
| tags        =
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{{Tag/Worth (old)  | 1,200 }}<!-- MaxHitPoints = 100 -->
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{{Tag/Worth (old)  | 166 }}<!-- MaxHitPoints = 100 -->
 
}}
 
}}
  
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== Table ==
 
== Table ==
 
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!Name !! Move Speed<ref>Bonus/penalty on movement speed.</ref> !! Layer<ref>What part this armor covers (may be multiple).</ref> !! Covers !! Commonality<ref>Statistic of how common this armor should be.</ref> !! Blunt !! Sharp !! Heat !! Electric !! Toxic
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!Name !! data-sort-type="number" | Move Speed<ref>Bonus/penalty on movement speed.</ref> !! Layer<ref>What part this armor covers (may be multiple).</ref> !! Covers !! Market Value !! Commonality<ref>Statistic of how common this armor should be.</ref> !! Blunt !! Sharp !! Heat !! Electric !! Toxic
 
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! [[#Armor Vest|Armor Vest]]
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! [[#Armor vest|Armor vest]]
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| -0.08 c/s || | Middle || | Torso || | 25% || | 20% || | 60% || | 0% || | 0% || | 0%
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| -0.08 c/s || | Middle || | Torso || | 600 || | 25% || | 20% || | 60% || | 0% || | 0% || | 0%
 
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! [[#Simple Helmet|Simple Helmet]]
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! [[#Simple Helmet|Simple helmet]]
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| -0.02 c/s || | Overhead || | Upper Head || | 40% || | 10% || | 30% || | 0% || | 0% || | 0%
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| -0.02 c/s || | Overhead || | Upper Head || | 40 || | 40% || | 10% || | 30% || | 0% || | 0% || | 0%
 
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|-
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! [[#Advanced Helmet|Advanced Helmet]]
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! [[#Advanced Helmet|Advanced helmet]]
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| -0.04 c/s || | Overhead || | Upper Head || | 40% || | 13% || | 40% || | 0% || | 0% || | 0%
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| -0.04 c/s || | Overhead || | Upper Head || | 300 || | 40% || | 13% || | 40% || | 0% || | 0% || | 0%
 
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|-
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! [[#Power Armor Helmet|Power Armor Helmet]]
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! [[#Power Armor Helmet|Power armor helmet]]
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| -0.04 c/s || | Overhead || | Full Head || | 30% || | 35% || | 60% || | 50% || | 0% || | 0%
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| -0.04 c/s || | Overhead || | Full Head || | 2000 || | 30% || | 35% || | 60% || | 50% || | 0% || | 0%
 
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! [[#Power Armor|Power Armor]]
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! [[#Power Armor|Power armor]]
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| -0.1 c/s || | Middle, Shell || Torso, Arms, Legs || | 5% || | 35% || | 65% || | 30% || | 0% || | 0%
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| -0.1 c/s || | Middle, Shell || Torso, Arms, Legs || | 4500 || | 5% || | 35% || | 65% || | 30% || | 0% || | 0%
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! [[#Shield belt|Shield belt]]
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| 0 c/s || | Accessory || Waist || | 1200 || | ?% || | 0% || | 0% || | 0% || | 0% || | 0%
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! [[#Smokepop belt|Smokepop belt]]
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| 0 c/s || | Accessory || Waist || | 450 || | ?% || | 0% || | 0% || | 0% || | 0% || | 0%
 
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Armor is a type of gear that offers superior protection to clothing, and can be worn over it. Armor tends to carry heavier movement speed penalties than clothing, and usually do not provide good insulation against heat or cold. Default colonist move speed is 4.60 cells per second (c/s).

If left exposed with no roof, armor will deteriorate until it disintegrates. Like clothing, armor also slowly degrades while worn on colonists or when the wearer gets hit.

A colonist wearing any apparel with health between 21% and 50% will get the 'Wearing ratty apparel' thought, and armor is no exception. A colonist wearing any apparel with health 20% or below will get the 'Wearing tattered apparel' thought, replacing the 'worn-out apparel' thought. These thoughts do not stack.

Colonists wearing armor have a chance of outright avoiding all damage from an attack, as the reinforced plates can sometimes utterly deflect a bullet or a melee strike. This will be represented by a "tink" sound and a spark. They may also receive a mitigated blow, for only half of the damage.

The Overview screen has an Outfits tab that manages apparel profiles. The Outfits system provides a way to exclude colonists from wearing damaged apparel that causes mood debuffs.

The Gear tab shows aggregate stats about armor once worn, including total protection and mass. It does not properly show armor rating above 100%, despite their existence.

Armor rating

There are several types of armor ratings;

Name Label Description
Blunt Armor - Blunt Protection against blunt damage like club attacks, rock falls, and explosions.
Piercing Armor - Piercing Protection against piercing damage like bullets, knife stabs, and animal bites.
Heat Armor - Heat Protection against temperature-related damage like burns.

Each point of armor gives a chance to harmlessly deflect damage, and another separate chance to mitigate it, instead receiving half the damage as blunt damage. This is calculated as follows:

  1. The armor rating is reduced by the armor penetration value, dependent on the weapon.
  2. The remaining armor rating is then compared against a random number from 0 to 100:
    • If the random number is under half the armor rating, the damage deflects harmlessly.
    • If the random number is over half the armor rating, but not higher than the armor rating, the damage is mitigated.
    • If the random number is greater than the armor rating, the armor has no effect.
  • Maximum armor rating is at 200%.

Armor is calculated per piece of apparel, from the outside in. Armor mitigation does stack multiplicatively, e.g. 2 pieces of clothing or armor will mitigate damage twice for 25% damage.

Each effective armor point below 100% results in a net 0.75% reduction in damage, while each point above results in a 0.25% reduction. This means that at 200% effective armor rating, colonists will be completely immune to damage; this currently works only on heat damage which lacks armor penetration, if modded armor is worn.

Note that armor does not stop weapons with sufficient stopping power from staggering colonists, even if the damage is deflected.

In Beta 18 or earlier:

  • Each point of armor from 1 - 50% reduces damage by 1%.
  • Each point of armor between 51 - 100% provides a 1% chance to not take damage.
  • Each point of armor beyond 100% reduces damage by 0.25% and gives a 0.25% chance to not take damage.
  • Total protection is capped at 90% damage reduction and 90% deflect chance (i.e. 260% armor rating).

Durability

Apparel, including armor, take damage when it gets hit and blocks damage for the wearer. It takes a constant fraction of incoming damage instead of absorbing all prevented damage, so high-quality armor lasts about the same time as low-quality armor.

Clothing Layers

Main articles: Apparel layers and Table of Human Body Part Groups

Each item of apparel or utility gear is worn on a specific location of the wearer's body. That location is determined by two things:

  1. The body part groups it covers.
  2. The layer or layers it occupies.

Apparel combinations are limited by layer and coverage - an item cannot be worn with another item that covers the same body parts and on the same layer. Thus, items covering the same parts but on different layers are compatible, as are items on the same layer but with no overlap in coverage. Items that cover multiple layers conflict with items on all layers.

Layers are also used to determine the order in which armor calculations are performed, with the outermost layer's armor applying first, and progressing through the layers until the attack is stopped or there are no more layers.

The layers, from innermost to outermost, are:

  • Skin: The closest layer to the body, and mostly used for apparel below the head.
  • Middle: The second closest layer to the body, and mostly used for apparel below the head.
  • Outer: The third layer from the body, and mostly used for apparel below the head. Note that it will be displayed on the pawn's sprite above all other layers, even though it is considered below the following layers for actual mechanical effects.
  • Belt: Technically the fourth layer. A distinct layer for utility items to allow them to be worn alongside any other apparel but not with each other.
  • Headgear: The fifth layer, and used for headwear. There are several items that cover body parts typically covered by the other layers however, in which case this will be above them.
  • Eyes: The outermost layer. A distinct layer only used for the blindfoldContent added by the Ideology DLC to allow it to be worn alongside headwear.

Which body parts currently have items that occupy each of the layers is shown in the table on the below; layers and body parts which are not currently used by gear were omitted. As such, the hands and feet which are not covered by any apparel or any layer, are omitted.

  • Body Part Group Coverage Skin Middle Outer Headgear Eyes Belt Image
    Full Head Head, Ears, Nose, Jaw, Eyes × Human Body Areas Located.png
    Upper Head Head, Ears ×
    Eyes Eyes ×
    Shoulders Left & Right Shoulders × × ×
    Arms Left & Right Arm × × ×
    Torso Torso × × ×
    Waist Waist ×
    Neck Neck × × × ×
    Legs Left & Right Leg × × ×

    Examples

    • You can't wear pants as well as tribalwear, since both cover the "skin" layer and cover the legs.
    • You can wear pants and a button-down shirt, since while they both use the "skin" layer they don't cover the same parts.
    • You can wear pants and a duster, since while they both cover the legs pants use the "skin" layer while a duster uses the "outer" layer.

    Middle Layer

    Main article: Flak vest
    ArmorVest.png

    Flak vest

    Main article: Flak vest
    A vest with armor plates inserted on the chest and back. While quite effective at deflecting gunshots and stabbing attacks against the chest, it does nothing to protect the limbs.

    A basic plate, strapped to a colonist's or raider's chest to protect their torso from gunshots and some other injuries.

    Middle and On skin layer

    Flak pants.png

    Flak pants

    Main article: Flak pants
    A pair of pants with armor plates sewn in. While it's not as good as solid armor, it offers effective protection against all manner of attacks while remaining quite comfortable.

    A pair of pants with armor plates sewn in.


    Middle and Shell Layers

    Main article: Plate armor
    Plate armor.png

    Plate armor

    Main article: Plate armor
    Overlapping solid plates of armor covering the entire body from neck to feet.

    Heavy armor. Not advised for 24/7 wearing on colonists due to the movement speed penalty.

    Main article: Marine armor
    PoweredArmor.png

    Marine armor

    Main article: Marine armor
    A suit of powered armor. Layered plasteel-weave plates are very effective at stopping attacks, with few vulnerable joint sections. Neuro-memetic assistors allow a human to wear the armor and still move easily.
    Armor like this is often used by rapid-incursion space marines.

    Durable but heavy armor. Not advised for 24/7 wearing on colonists due to the movement speed penalty.

    Over Head Layer

    Main article: Simple helmet
    M1Helmet.png

    Simple helmet

    Main article: Simple helmet
    A simple helmet which gives moderate protection against sharp attacks. Not effective against blunt attacks.

    Cheap, but bulky protection for one's noggin. Can be made out of various materials to potentially improve durability and therefore lifetime. Less protective than an advanced Helmet.

    Main article: Advanced helmet
    KevlarHelmet.png

    Advanced helmet

    Main article: Advanced helmet
    A lightweight combat helmet with a complex design, reinforced with plasteel. Not effective against blunt attacks.

    Mid-tier headgear that provides better protection than the simple helmet. Companion to the Armor Vest.

    Main article: Power armor helmet
    PoweredArmorHelmet.png

    Power armor helmet

    Main article: Power armor helmet
    A marine armor helmet, with a built-in status computer and layered plasteel-weave plates. Armor like this is often used by rapid-incursion space marines.

    Advanced, but uncomfortable. It is currently the only helmet that covers the entire face.

    Main article: Psychic foil helmet
    PsychicFoilHelmet.png

    Psychic foil helmet

    Main article: Psychic foil helmet
    A thin helmet containing finely-tuned sheets of psychically-absorptive foil. Reduces the impact of psychic waves.

    Great protection against mind-reading lizard men. Not so great at stopping bullets.

    Waist Layer

    Main article: Shield belt
    ShieldBelt.png

    Shield belt

    Main article: Shield belt
    A projectile-repulsion device. It will attempt to stop incoming projectiles or shrapnel, but does nothing against melee attacks or heat. It prevents the wearer from firing out, and shuts down instantly if hit by EMP.

    A shield belt is most effective for melee combatants to allow them to close ground on a ranged attacker with little risk of taking weapons fire. Shields block attacks from Spike traps as if they were ranged attacks.

    Main article: Smokepop belt
    SmokepopPack.png

    Smokepop belt

    Main article: Smokepop belt
    A defensive smokescreen. When activated, it will release a cloud of smoke, obscuring incoming shots and preventing turrets from locking on.

    Once hit, releases a cloud which reduces the hit chance of any projectile passing through it by 70%. Affects friend and foe. Does not affect melee.


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